Deputies arrested a person suspected of scamming a number of Louisiana residents who have been attempting to purchase boats on-line.
The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Workplace stated at the least two individuals within the space fell into the lure arrange by Modestas Grublys, a Lithuanian nationwide who glided by the false title Mads Lund. In every case, the victims stated they wired Grublys cash for boats he claimed to be promoting.
The 2 victims paid up $28,000 and $55,000 respectively. The latter traveled all the best way to Florida to choose up the boat solely to find it wasn’t there. The opposite organized to have the boat delivered to their enterprise, however it by no means confirmed up.
Grublys, who’s suspected of scamming individuals everywhere in the nation, was finally captured in Indiana after he was concerned in a wreck. He was booked there and extradited to Louisiana in late June to face costs of theft and cash laundering.